Karen Mulder was born in Vlaardingen, Holland in 1968. Her
father is a civil servant and her mother a secretary. Karen
has a younger sister, Saskia, who recently started her own
modeling career after studying economics.
In 1987, Karen won a modeling contest in Amsterdam, which
makes her a finalist in Elite's Look Of The Year worldwide
competition. She won second place and left high school to
travel to Italy with her mother for a formal photo shoot,
and then to Paris for modeling school, where the Elite
modeling agency took over her career. Surprisingly, she
wasn't always as sophisticated as she is now. In fact, when
a gaggle of girlfriends took then 14-year-old Karen Mulder's
picture and submitted it for a beauty contest, she was
downright gawky.
By her second year on the runway, she was fronting for
Valentino, YSL, Lanvin, Versace, and Armani. She appeared on
the cover of Vogue Italia and before long, landed a contract
for Guess?.
During the following three years, Karen climbed the steps to
supermodel status, learinnig along the way. The first
important steps in her career were a British Vogue cover
shot by Tyen and the Nivea advertising campaign.
The list of her clients has become quite impressive.
Campaigns she has appeared in include Guess?, Calvin Klein,
Claude Montana, Ralph Lauren, Yves Saint Laurent fashion and
Rive Gauche fragrance, as well as Guerlain, Chlo, Valentino,
Revlon, Jacques Fath, Gianfranco Ferr, and Herv Lger. Karen
has worked with today's greatest photographers, including
Javier Vallhonrat, Peter Lindbergh, Patrick Demarchelier,
Bruce Weber, Helmut Newton, Max Vadukul, Gilles Bensimon,
Fabrizio Ferri, Steven Meisel, Irving Penn, Robert Erdmann,
and Arthur Elgort.
Not a month goes by that she doesn't appear in an issue of
Vogue, Elle or Marie-Claire around the world. One of the
first issues of Top Model magazine was entirely devoted to
her.
Mulder says her life changed in 1993 when she was shuttling
from airport to airport with almost no time at home. She
then met real-estate developer Jean Yves in the waiting area
of a Paris airport, and it was love at first sight. Today,
she sports a large diamond solitaire engagement ring.
Yves manages Mulder's off-the-runway career. In 1995, he
collaborated with Hasbro on a Karen Mulder doll, which
spurred an entire supermodel line. Yves and Mulder then did
an infomercial and video. Mulder's favorite project she has
worked on is a beauty and fashion CD-ROM, in which she gives
makeup, beauty and exercise tips. It's all about balance,
says the model.
Karen is brimming with energy and new projects. Today, Karen
Mulder is a success in all fields of modeling; advertising
and editorial, fashion and beauty, and of course, the
fashion shows of Paris, Milan and New York. Her secret:
being a rare thing, a blonde with class, the words of Vogue
editors. It's just hard work, according to the supermodel
herself.
Other
Information
Has a tulip named after her.
Favorite movie is Roman Holiday (1953).
Favorite hobbies are: traveling, singing, painting, reading
and watching movies.
One of the world's top fashion models.
Sister of actress Saskia Mulder.
Is expecting her first child with her partner in Winter
2006.
Expecting first baby in May 2006.
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